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This one has
captured my heart and soul! I absolutely loved it from beginning to
end!,

"Listen, son, can you hear the music?"

"What music,
Pa? I don't hear anything."

"Stand quiet and listen. Hear the wind
singing through the trees, the birds whistling from the meadow and, if you
listen really close, you can hear the brook laughing as it runs across the rocks
and spills down the hill. That's the music I'm talking about...the music of
life. No matter how big or important you may feel when you get older, I hope you
will always take the time to stop and listen to that music."

"I don't
understand. Those are just ever'day sounds you hear all the time."

"True,
they are everyday sounds, but we don't always hear them because we take them for
granted. It's the same with people. They are always there but we take them for
granted and that is what saddens my heart, for I am as guilty as the rest." He
sighed and shook his head. "Listen to the frog. His song is not as beautiful as
the bird's and he is truly an ugly creature to you and me, but in his own way he
contributes to that music of life. What I am really trying to say, son, is that
no matter how insignificant and small a man may seem, he has that right to
contribute and he is just as important."

In the novel, Can You Hear The
Music by Sandra Farris, the reader is in for a delightful surprise when they
begin this story in the life of Corey James, a young nine-year-old girl who
finds herself left orphaned in 1919 when a tragic car accident claims the life
of both her parents. Her Uncle, George and his wife Lizzie take Corey in, but
soon is seems the Corey finds herself the target of abuse from Lizzie. Faced
with emotional and physical abuse, Corey finds herself not wanted and it hurts
her deeply. Knowing only that she doesn't like being hurt anymore, she takes her
small dog Muffin and slips away into the night searching for love and acceptance
in the form of anyone who can provide it.

Lucky for Corey that she has
disguised herself as a young boy to avoid being found by her Aunt and Uncle, and
finds the most unlikely friend in the form of a hobo named Andy Curruthers. Andy
relates to Corey's situation being orphaned at the age of ten and vows to help
him learn the ways of life traveling the rails and seeing the world.

I
received this novel compliments of Sandra Farris for my honest review and was so
enraptured by this story, I could not put it down once I started. She
demonstrates the talents of a great story teller in creating the characters of
Corey and Andy. You can't help but wish for them to remain together throughout
the book and along the way, they both learn a thing or two about forgiveness and
unconditional love. There are a host of lovable supporting characters, Gus
Thatcher, Lord Mayor, Injun and even Muffin, her delightful dog who never leaves
Corey side no matter how dark things get. I would love to see someone pick this
one up and create a beautiful movie from it, and in my opinion this one deserves
so much more than my usual 5 out of 5 stars. I would rate this one a
10!

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1 comment:

Please also watch the award winning book trailer for this book. Can You Hear the Music book trailer won best book trailer 2012 in March on Books In Sync. Video can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/standquietAndListen